Rain water conductor bracket



Aug. 2, 1949.

H. H. HISTAND 2,478,100

RAIN WATER CONDUCTOR BRACKET Filed Oct. 29, 194'? HHHz'a fan i PatentedAug. 2, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAIN WATER. CONDUCTOR BRACKETHarry H. Histand, Doylestown, Pa.

Application October 29, 1947, Serial No. 782,928

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a supporting bracket for down spouts or drainpipes.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved bracket or supportfor drain pipes which are secured to the outer side of a building, andprovides an improved means whereby the pipe will be firmly supported bysubstantially concealed brackets.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved bracket whichis engaged with the lower end of an upper pipe section, for supportingthe upper pipe section, the bracket being secured at a point below theupper pipe section and concealed by the succeeding pipe section.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bracket of this kindwhich can be constructed out of a flat strip of metal which may benailed or otherwise firmly secured to the outer side of the building.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thearrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a detail rear elevation, partly in section, of a bracketconstructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure2,

Figure 4 is a detail front elevation of the bracket.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals I and II designate generally apair of drain pipe sections which are telescopically connected together.In order to provide a means whereby the pipes may be suspendinglysupported from the outer side of a building designated B, I haveprovided a bracket which is formed out of a single strip of flatmaterial. The bracket generally designated as [4 comprises a base stripI5 which is formed with a plurality of vertically spaced aparthorizontal elongated slots 13. Nails l6 are adapted to be extendedthrough selected ones of the slots l3 so that the plate IE will befirmly secured to the outer side of the building B.

The lower end of the plate or strip [5 has extending right angularlytherefrom a pair of tangs or points I! which are adapted to be driveninto the side of the building B. The strip or plate l5 has extendingfrom the upper end thereof a right angularly disposed supporting arm I8,and the arm I8 has depending therefrom a hook 19. The hook l9 includes ashank 20 which is formed with an upwardly extending bill 2|. The shank20 is adapted to be interposed between the telescoping portions of thepipe sections II and I2, as shown 2 in Figure 2, and the bill 2| isadapted to be extended underneath the lower end of the pipe section IIand upwardly interiorly of this pipe section.

The hook I9 is slightly narrower in width than the supporting arm I8 soas to thereby form a pair of outwardly extending lugs 22 which areadapted to engage the outer side of the pipe section II and cooperatewith the hook [9 in tightly holding the pipe section ll to thesupporting arm I 8.

In the use of this bracket, the upper pipe section II is initiallyengaged with either the down spout nipple or other portion of the gutterand the hook I9 is engaged with the lower end of the pipe section II.This latter section is held in its proper position and the base plate orstrip [5 is then nailed to the outer side of the building 13 by thenails I6. The points or tangs I! are also driven into the side of thebuilding so that the plate or strip 15 will be disposed flat against theside of the building.

The succeeding or lower section l2 may then be pushed upwardly about thesection I I and also about the shank 20 of the hook IS. A succeedingbracket l4 may be used to support the lower end of the succeeding pipesection I2 so that the pipe sections will be firmly supported bysubstantially concealed supporting means positioned between the pipesections and the side of the building.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of constructionherein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview ofthe appended claim.

I claim:

A drain pipe supporting bracket comprising an elongated fiat stripformed with a series of spaced elongated openings to receive fasteningmeans to secure the strip on the side of a building, a rightangular armextending from the upper end of said strip, and a hook having a widthless than the width of said arm depending from the outer end of said armand rearwardly ofiset therefrom constituting forwardly extending lugs onthe outer end of said arm, said hook engageable with the lower end ofthe drain pipe, whereby the lugs on said arm will bear against the outerside of said pipe for holding said pipe spaced outwardly from thebuilding.

HARRY H. HISTAND.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 12,500 Great Britain 1886 115,026Great Britain 1942

